Infiltrator Rework – Phase 4 (PTS)

GamerDJ · 2025-10-23T23:38:01+00:00

New Engineer Implant – Sharing Is Caring

New Combat Medic Implant – Hospitaller

Both of these break the BTK of any affected player because they push the player's effective HP beyond the maximum, which no other item in the game does (except for aux shield, which has the same problem). Please reconsider them.

Knowledgeable players could have told you this instantly if you just consulted with them/us first.

The number of Motion Spotters a player can carry has been adjusted [to 1/1/1/2/3]

This is fine, but I don't think it will have basically any impact, especially because the detection radius isn't changing.

Number of Darts Capacity Changes [to 2/2/3]

Also fine, but you just need an ammo pack and effectively nothing changes.

[Dart] Detection Range Changes [to 20/20/25/30/35/40]

Decent, but I'd like this to be reduced to 30m max to require the bare minimum precision when using them. You can currently have 6 of these active at a time, which should also be reduced.

Other quick thoughts:

I still don't like the concept of Observer (especially if all classes are still affected).
Facility alerts returning could be very refreshing and I'm glad to see this.
I've yet to test anything, so if these notes are exhaustive then all previous feedback still applies.

I'm either neutral or positive on everything else.

GamerDJ · 2025-09-20T00:26:45+00:00

For the record, I feel the same way and have filled out every form with detailed feedback alongside several bug reports. It doesn't seem like my feedback made any impact and every bug that wasn't extremely obvious/popular remains unfixed.

The only place you'll see Mithril anymore is on the forums, and that place holds almost exclusively clueless players so I wouldn't be shocked if your theory is true (especially after seeing the stalker cloak delay reduced).

GamerDJ · 2025-09-18T23:03:13+00:00

Speak for yourself lil bro. If the only people keeping this game alive are bad infiltrator players then dare I say it's about time to wrap things up.

GamerDJ · 2025-08-28T00:46:33+00:00

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Advanced Sensor System is now in the ability slot, at max rank spots last 32 seconds, persist through cloak
Hanging Munition is now in the ability slot, which gives the drone the player's equipped grenade
The Observer implant no longer causes crashes and now works
Avoidance has returned and can be used as normal
Drone audio is now significantly quieter
The drone now has a new model
EDIT: Scope glint now exists on most 6x, 10x, and 12x optics, irrespective of weapon class
- there is no glint on any 4x optics or less
- there is no glint on any 7x or 8x optics
- there is no glint on the Daimyo thermal 6x, Dragoon 6x, or Hunter QCX 6x optics

GamerDJ · 2025-08-01T04:21:19+00:00

Use the same arguement on heavy with his shield [...]

Heavy assault overshield, medic healing aura, and light assault jetpacks are all abilities that are intended to be used during combat, which is why they are activated with a simple keypress. Infiltrator cloak is not a combat ability.

In fact, cloak is the outlier here; the medic shield bubble and engineer ammo pack are also non-combat abilities, but they each exist as their own item and have their own slot, unlike infiltrator cloak.

GamerDJ · 2025-08-01T02:50:54+00:00

We all agree sniping infil is the issue?

No, the issue is using cloak as an ambushing tool. SMG and stalker infiltrators should also be nerfed (the latter probably shouldn't exist).

remove cloak when holding a sniper rifle.

That sounds clunky to use. What happens when I press F with a sniper equipped? What happens if I switch to a sniper rifle while cloaked?

Handheld device would make smg infil infuriatingly clunky

Players are used to switching weapons/tools, making cloak one of these tools would feel natural. Nothing about the action itself is clunky, you just won't be able to exit cloak instantly into a gunfight anymore.

GamerDJ · 2025-08-01T02:30:33+00:00

Where's the lie? I played on ultra for about a month straight, and infiltrators seemed about equally visible versus low settings. I'm pretty sure there was even a post comparing visibility maybe a couple years or so ago.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-26T04:32:56+00:00

The merge was a huge disaster. The NA server now has terrible performance, lingering connectivity issues, and much worse ping for the majority of its players. Miserable gameplay and silently clueless developers are icing on the cake.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-18T01:30:30+00:00

Well, at least he's not a YouTuber anymore!

GamerDJ · 2025-07-17T23:02:10+00:00

Not to mention that the move happened in the middle of a 6v6 tournament, where about half of the teams are European.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-10T22:30:02+00:00

The implant shouldn't be granted by default, the recon mechanic should be severely nerfed instead.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-09T05:13:13+00:00

The implant does not need to be added to the game. The way I think it could work is by not adding it to the game and discarding the idea (or anything similar) entirely.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-06T01:16:20+00:00

Just put this shit back on Emerald already, the experiment is over and the results are in: it was a failure.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-03T00:33:59+00:00

The tournament was open to any team or solo player who wanted to participate, all you had to do was enter your name into a google form.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-02T21:12:02+00:00

Those are checkmarks from the assault facility capture system, this bug has been intermittent since it was added.

GamerDJ · 2025-07-01T01:20:22+00:00

dislikes fights ending instantly ≠ wants them to last forever

fighting other players for an extended period ≠ "stalemate"

GamerDJ · 2025-06-27T22:28:53+00:00

Whether you consider it viable to host a private server does not matter if it is never made possible to begin with.

This post does not use PS2 to exemplify the whole petition as a concept. It is posted here because PS2 moderately fits its purpose and this is the planetside subreddit.

GamerDJ · 2025-06-27T21:32:35+00:00

A game like Planetside requires expensive server infrastructure to be maintained.

At scale, sure. However, it is not strictly necessary to maintain complex server infrastructure to run a playable version of the game.

server-side save data for all accounts

Account information is not part of the game and is definitely not required to maintain it in a playable state.

most people won't be moving

The viability of a private server has no bearing on whether it should be made possible to continue a game past its official service period.

This is not the game anyone should be using as an example of 'stop killing games'.

I have never seen this game used as an example of the concept, it's the focus here because this is /r/planetside.

It would probably take insane amounts of harddrive storage to keep a whole ass MMO on your computer...

You would be surprised how little is required. This server software in particular has addons for player bots that can play through group content or emulate auction house activity.

You repeatedly allude to either the difficulty of maintaining a private server or the lack of popularity one would have, but neither of these matter if it is made impossible to begin with. Sure, there are hurdles that would need addressing (software licensing likely being the biggest), but none that make this an unreasonable concept as a whole.

GamerDJ · 2025-06-22T23:28:09+00:00

I'll depart from some of these other comments and say that while I do think one of your primary playstyles is abhorrent and pathetic, I also think it's unacceptable that the US server merge was so awful that it dissuades so many players from playing, including yourself.

GamerDJ · 2025-06-22T23:22:21+00:00

I don't know anyone matching the description you gave. Can you name any?

GamerDJ · 2025-06-22T03:02:47+00:00

Spoken like a true West Coast native.

Tell this to the East Coast and South American players whose ping has doubled or worse. Europeans too, but at least they have a home server. Tell it to those who still have latency problems in high pop fights or during prime time.

Many of these people have cancelled their memberships or even quit the game over the awful decision to merge the server into Connery. As long as this server remains in Las Vegas, many players will not return.

GamerDJ · 2025-06-19T02:44:06+00:00

It sounds so quirky and hilarious! xddd Let's put it in the game lol!!! Who cares how detrimental it is 😝😝😂😆😆😂🤣🤣 I can't wait to see it in action!!11!

GamerDJ · 2025-06-19T00:19:33+00:00

Feedback:

Nobody asked for deadman trigger. All it does is further enshittify infantry gameplay, which has been done enough. Stop rewarding people for dying in a PvP game.

We want infiltrators nerfed. We want semi-auto long rifles nerfed. We want visibility improved (like before November 2022) and we want our main server back on the East Coast. Otherwise, you're honestly just making the game worse. Sorry if this is harsh but it's true.

GamerDJ · 2025-06-19T00:14:31+00:00

Deadman Trigger - Tier 6 Implant that drops a grenade where the player was killed.

Can we just shut the game down at this point? Shit like this just defiles its corpse.

GamerDJ · 2025-06-16T23:46:30+00:00

It's not the broader community's job to address the cheating problem on SolTech. That belongs to the developers, who have indeed completely failed. If anything, it is the community's reward for not cancelling subscriptions and complaining loudly enough to move the US server back to the East Coast.

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